Friday, 26 October 2012

I can't dance, either

A lot, and probably too much, has been written about Hawkwind.
Quite a lot, and probably enough, has also been written about their
quondam dancer [sic] Stacia.

I doubt that even the band themselves would lay claim to significant musical
ability, but their show was certainly spectacular. When I saw them
during their 72/73 tour they were rather loud with lotsa lights and
electronics and probably (no, certainly) lotsa drugs. A jolly good evening.

Stacia - 6'2" tall with 52" bust - habitually danced naked and this
encouraged a particular kind of audience: simple arithmetic will tell
you I was a male in my late teens ....

In a splendid documentary on the band Lemmy explains
that "It was very easy to get into our band in those days ... she had an uncontrollable urge one night to take all her clothes off and paint herself blue ... ".

Diligent research reveals that Stacia is very close to me in age and
attended school in Exeter, as I did.
I have no recollection of her at all from those days, which is odd. I
attended a boys' grammar school.

The documentary includes a clip from the immortal "Hurry on Sundown",
covered by Vetiver (who can indeed play their instruments)
in their 2008 release
Thing of the
past , which is
strongly recommended.